Western Dwarf Hornbill
Horizocerus hartlaubi(Gould, J, 1861)
English (US) Western Dwarf Hornbill
The Western Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucerotidae (Hornbills) in the order Bucerotiformes.
Range: Sierra Leone to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (west of the Congo River)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Dwarf Hornbill
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Toccus hartlaubi
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1861)
- Type locality
- West Africa.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.28, no.3 p.380
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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